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Organ music for Christmas
Paul Walton
Organ of Bristol Cathedral
Description
An unusual collection of organ music for the Christmas season played on the historic 1907 Walker organ of Bristol Cathedral.
Peaceful lullabies to riotous toccatas encompass the entire gamut of Christmas spirit in rarely recorded works by composers from the 19th to 21st centuries.
Includes Thomas Trotter’s arrangement of the ever-popular Sleigh Ride by Leroy Anderson, and the first recording of Christopher Shiner’s hilarious Rejoice and be merry.
Track List
Offertoire sur deux Noëls, Op. 19 — Léonce de Saint-Martin (1886–1954)
6:50Berceuse Paraphrase — George Baker (b. 1951)
7:14Sortie on ‘In dulci jubilo’ — David Briggs (b. 1962)
5:42Chorale Prelude on ‘Silent night’ (from Die Natali, Op. 37) — Samuel Barber (1910–1981)
3:34Pæan on ‘Divinum mysterium’ — John Cook (1918–1984)
4:29Carol — Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958), arr. Herbert Sumsion (1899–1995)
3:07Cradle Song — Herbert Sumsion
5:28Christmastide, Op. 34 — Basil Harwood (1859–1949)
14:12The Holy Boy — John Ireland (1879–1962)
3:31Changes on ‘Resonet in laudibus’ — Paul Bryan (b. 1950)
3:51Rejoice and be merry! (A collage of carols) — Christopher Shiner (1929–2003)
8:30Sleigh Ride — Leroy Anderson (1908–1975), arr. Thomas Trotterwith Tom Shevlin (trumpet)
2:49Christmas Cradle Song — Alfred Hollins (1865–1942)
3:02Sortie sur ‘Adeste fideles’ — Pierre Cochereau (1924–1984), trans. François Lombard
5:29Total Playing time: 77:50
Production credits
Recorded in Bristol Cathedral on 26-28 September 2012, by permission of the Chapter
Producer and engineer: Gary Cole
Sample audio extracts
Reviews
‘Walton’s programme has been exceptionally well chosen for the rare nature of most the items…. David Briggs’s brilliant Sortie on ‘In Dulci Jubilo’, Basil Harwood’s wonderaul ‘Christmastide’ and several other superb items make for an impressive CD, excellently recorded by Gary Cole.’ International Record Review December 2013
‘ I also much enjoyed Regent’s collection of Christmas organ music, Rejoice and be Merry!, played at the organ of Bristol Cathedral, a mighty beast he tames with some especially beautiful, quiet music, notably Samuel Barber’s Chorale Prelude on Silent Night. There is also an exhilarating transcription of Leroy Anderson’s Sleigh Ride’ The Mail on Sunday 22.12.2013